Improvement in apparatus for removing buildings



fa building mounted. thereon; Fig. 2, an end viewl of the same; Fig. 3, a topview'witht'hc g UNITED STATES 'PATENT Graine.

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Speciiicatin' formingr part of Letters Patent No. 49,4".17, dated August 15'1865 'To all whom it may concern: 4.

Be itknown ihatyl', JOHN S., MclN'rraE, of the city of Chicago, inthe county 0i' Cook-'and State of Illinois, h ave invented certain new v and usefnl Improvements in Apparatus for Moving Bnildi n gs an d I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact-descripg iionoi' the same, reference being `had to -the accompanying drawings, making a partofthis' Figure 1 is a side view ofthe apparatus with building removed ;l Fig. 4, a perspective view4 ofthe balance-frame detached. Fig. '5 shows the same as,v Fig. 4, except the bars are differ- A entiyarranged. Figs. 6, 7, and Sare sideviews of the balances detached, showingthedifferent :positions assumed by -them while the building .is being'moved. Fig. 7 is inaccurate, in' that it shows a double position, which cannot be assumed except 4'by alternateclevations or depressions of the runners or shoes.-

. Like letters referto similar parts in all of the figures.y

' and use my'invention`,'1 will proceed to` dcscribe its construction and operation.

. ,I ,construct my balance oi' jois-t, of the dimension of three by twelve inches and vof alengthgequal to the'wdth of the buildingto be moved. They are pivoted `together by a bolt,

a, 'at the center, `which is a two-inch iron bolt,

are chamfe'r'ed rbeveled o.' from the .midi diei-those marked F on ,the Vupper `edge \and.` those marked Fonthe lower-so that the ehds will only` be about six inches wide, which will allow a closing of the balances of twelve inches and a consequentopeningon the opposite'end .of twelve inches', .making a ,variation of .two

feet. This will -be asmuchaswill be required under any,circumstances,' and vfor a; narrow 'building it will not be besttdchamfeicr bevelv them down moi-eenen four or five inches, leaving'the ends seven or eight inches rin width. These joistfare put together as' shown inFigs.'

1, 4, and, and may bemude` of anynulnber of piecestogive them the required strength. From three to seven are all that will 'usually be found necessary, y"and I inakethem usually, as' shown in Fig. 1, oflour andilve pieces. .These` balances can be placed near together orplaced at different.` places, as shown. f When' thetim-L` bei's vof the building are offsuiiicient strength,

i- I place them only atione'end, and I prefer the r frontend, for` thereason that being placed at the ends allows the shoes orfrunners toib'end i y over yany transverse irregularities in `th'egsur-` lace. The balances, however, ,willbyreason' of theiriength spring considerably, and ingai, l great measure adjust themselves to such irrcg` A ularties vwhen placed near'the'middle ofthe 'building aswell as at the -endw'l1eu`` several` are: used. At the rear or front end 1" place a solid block, C, which shouldy be lof the same height asthe balances. "This block will steady `the building and keep it in place. When the 'building in inoving'passes over any irreguiar` 'ity in the'surface at 'the end where the b lock i' is placed,- thebuilding will tip or incline from the perpendicular; but the balances will also follow the building, -so that itwill `not rack by standing on oppositegeornermlas.when the apparatusis rigid. When the other endsot the shoes B pass ovexgthe `perpendicuiarity` of the building will not lbe changed ,o': aiiect-` ed. I am therebyenabled to move buildings,

without preparing or leveling a track for the rollers E, with perfect safety to suchbuildings and'withoutcrackingo'rstartingtheplastering.

The shoes or runners Baremad'e similar'to those in ordinary use, as are also the rollers E.' The block 'or cross-timber() is the saine as those usually placed underbuildings,- except that it-"requ'ires aparticular'` thickness toad- The building, when thisdevieeis laced 'un-Q-` der it., is moved forward by-capstan nd chains i 1 in thel rdinary manner, thus forming anims 4 l proved house-movingapparatus, yvhiehenajust itto theheight of the balancesF E- bles me to move'buildings with incr" asedspeed and-greaterv ease andsafety to th plastering and to the building itself, asbl; havedernon.. H

strated by actual use.

Having thusfully described myimprovedp. balances F F', block C, shoes B, rollers` E, to paratus, what; I claim as new, and desire to se-L be used in moving buildings Without leveling n cure by Letters Patent', is-" a. traek for them, substantially as serJ forth and 1. 'lhe balance. F F', composed of two or more speeied.

' pieces of timber centrally pivoted to each other,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth. JN0' S' MLINTIRE 2. The combination of the bala-nce F F and f W tnesses:

block C with talleA shoes B. L. L.,BOND,

3. The arrangement and combination ofthe E. A. WEST. 

